Khichdi (in my own style)

I have never heard about Khichdi until I met my husband. No, wrong! Until I went to India, fell sick and then my mum-in-law prepared this dish for me for the first time as a light, but nutritious meal.

In India, Khichdi is the most common dish served to babies and toddlers. It’s very simple, easy to prepare and healthy- perfect for a busy mum 🙂

Every Khichdi is always prepared with two basic ingredients- rice and lentils. Moreover, we can add different vegetables into it: peas, carrot, cauliflower, broccoli, pumpkin, parsnip etc. They will make this dish more nutritious and even help to digest lentils better.

Which rice should we use? I recommend only white rice, but if you want to go extremely healthy, then you can use brown rice. However, bear in mind, brown rice needs 3 times more water than white rice while cooking.

Which lentil should we use? My mum-in-law always uses yellow mung (moong) dal, so do I 🙂 It is a high source of protein, fibre and other vitamins.

Which spices should we use? Again following my mum-in-law, I use only salt. However, I know others use turmeric powder, cumin seeds or powder, coriander powder, ajwain (carom) powder or curry leaves. It’s up to you and your kid 🙂

In India, people mostly use pressure cooker to cook it. Personally, it is too much hassle for me, so I use simple, small pot and it works perfectly well too.

I don’t soak rice and dal as well. Just make it extremely simple, but still soft and tasty 🙂

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